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Species is a basic taxonomy unit in biology used for defining a group of organisms that share common genetic heritage and are able to interbreed.
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AUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The world watched the controversy over Cecil the Lion unfold when it was discovered that an American tourist had killed ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 13, 2015Microbiology
Escherichia coli was first recognized as a possible foodborne pathogen in 1975 in a California hospital with a patient e ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 13, 2015Videos
When French researchers released video of a gorilla going ape on his own reflection in a mirror, it went viral. But the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 11, 2015Microbiology
Bacteria spend a lot of time and energy avoiding detection by the immune system (no self-respecting pathogen gives up wi ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 11, 2015Plants & Animals
It isn't every day that you find a very rare animal out in the wild that experts thought to have gone extinct, which is ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 10, 2015Neuroscience
Losing sleep means physiological effects and behavioral changes, and people have studied the link between sleep loss and ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 05, 2015Microbiology
Microalgae are, as the name suggests, microscopic algae. They are of particular interest to biofuel enthusiasts because ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 05, 2015Plants & Animals
Boa constrictors are some big scary snakes. They can grow to as long as 10 feet or more and they are heavy. They are the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 01, 2015Infographics
Venom is a toxin secreted by certain animals as a means of defense, aggression, or trapping prey. Given that venom is us ...JUL 30, 2015Plants & Animals
This episode of SciShow highlights three methods to "resurrect" extinct species…Cloning. Animals can be cloned using a t ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 29, 2015Plants & Animals
The northern white rhinoceros subspecies is incredibly rare; there were just five known to exist on the entire planet, a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 27, 2015Plants & Animals
Imagine you're on a beach in the Pacific, snorkeling and you come upon a sea slug. Gross, right? Sea slugs are nasty, sl ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 21, 2015Space & Astronomy
The big question that many astronomers ask is, "Is there any other life besides us out there in the universe?"
Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 20, 2015Plants & Animals
While grizzly bears and black bears hibernate through long winters, the opposite was thought to be true for polar bears. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 17, 2015Plants & Animals
Platydemus manokwari. Doesn't that sound like some creature out of an old horror movie? Something that oozed out of a po ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 16, 2015Neuroscience
Screams signal danger with an acoustical signature unlike other vocalizations, according to an article in Current Biolog ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 15, 2015Microbiology
Clostridium difficile is most commonly referred to as a healthcare-associated infection (HAI), with at risk-populations ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 15, 2015Plants & Animals
When there's a good sale at the grocery store, we tend to stock up. If steak is on sale, why not buy a few extra and put ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 14, 2015Plants & Animals
Are you able to tell the difference between a piece of tilapia versus a piece of grouper? What about of piece of wild sa ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 12, 2015Videos
Scientists have discovered different species of sharks, including hammerhead sharks and silky sharks, swimming around in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 10, 2015Plants & Animals
Every time you see a giant panda, it seems like it's either sleeping or it has a stick of bamboo in its hands that it's ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 08, 2015Plants & Animals
For years now, environmentalists, entomologists and other scientists have been watching the decline of the honeybee and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 07, 2015Neuroscience
What is it about our brain wiring that makes it easy to pick up a pen or remember the lyrics of a song, each at the appr ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The world watched the controversy over Cecil the Lion unfold when it was discovered that an American tourist had killed ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 13, 2015Microbiology
Escherichia coli was first recognized as a possible foodborne pathogen in 1975 in a California hospital with a patient e ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 13, 2015Videos
When French researchers released video of a gorilla going ape on his own reflection in a mirror, it went viral. But the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 11, 2015Microbiology
Bacteria spend a lot of time and energy avoiding detection by the immune system (no self-respecting pathogen gives up wi ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 11, 2015Plants & Animals
It isn't every day that you find a very rare animal out in the wild that experts thought to have gone extinct, which is ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 10, 2015Neuroscience
Losing sleep means physiological effects and behavioral changes, and people have studied the link between sleep loss and ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 05, 2015Microbiology
Microalgae are, as the name suggests, microscopic algae. They are of particular interest to biofuel enthusiasts because ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 05, 2015Plants & Animals
Boa constrictors are some big scary snakes. They can grow to as long as 10 feet or more and they are heavy. They are the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 01, 2015Infographics
Venom is a toxin secreted by certain animals as a means of defense, aggression, or trapping prey. Given that venom is us ...JUL 30, 2015Plants & Animals
This episode of SciShow highlights three methods to "resurrect" extinct species…Cloning. Animals can be cloned using a t ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 29, 2015Plants & Animals
The northern white rhinoceros subspecies is incredibly rare; there were just five known to exist on the entire planet, a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 27, 2015Plants & Animals
Imagine you're on a beach in the Pacific, snorkeling and you come upon a sea slug. Gross, right? Sea slugs are nasty, sl ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 21, 2015Space & Astronomy
The big question that many astronomers ask is, "Is there any other life besides us out there in the universe?"
Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 20, 2015Plants & Animals
While grizzly bears and black bears hibernate through long winters, the opposite was thought to be true for polar bears. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 17, 2015Plants & Animals
Platydemus manokwari. Doesn't that sound like some creature out of an old horror movie? Something that oozed out of a po ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 16, 2015Neuroscience
Screams signal danger with an acoustical signature unlike other vocalizations, according to an article in Current Biolog ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 15, 2015Microbiology
Clostridium difficile is most commonly referred to as a healthcare-associated infection (HAI), with at risk-populations ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 15, 2015Plants & Animals
When there's a good sale at the grocery store, we tend to stock up. If steak is on sale, why not buy a few extra and put ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 14, 2015Plants & Animals
Are you able to tell the difference between a piece of tilapia versus a piece of grouper? What about of piece of wild sa ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 12, 2015Videos
Scientists have discovered different species of sharks, including hammerhead sharks and silky sharks, swimming around in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 10, 2015Plants & Animals
Every time you see a giant panda, it seems like it's either sleeping or it has a stick of bamboo in its hands that it's ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 08, 2015Plants & Animals
For years now, environmentalists, entomologists and other scientists have been watching the decline of the honeybee and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 07, 2015Neuroscience
What is it about our brain wiring that makes it easy to pick up a pen or remember the lyrics of a song, each at the appr ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
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